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0650

When the Liberal Democrats won Richmond Park off the
Conservatives in last year’s by-election, the party thought it had found a way
back from the electoral wilderness. But the so-called 48% - which relied on
winning over Remain voters - appears to have failed. Willie Rennie is leader of
the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

0655

University of Glasgow astrophysicists have made the third
detection of gravitational waves - which are ripples in spacetime. Professor
Sheila Cowan is director of Glasgow University’s Institute for Gravitational
Research.

0710

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is
withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Christine Whitman was administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush.

0715

Ruth Davidson says the general election is really about the
future existence of the UK - and staving off pressure from the SNP for another
referendum on Scottish independence. So what do voters in Glasgow believe? Nick
Robinson reports.

0720

The Royal College of Surgeons looked at patient waiting
times for non-urgent surgery and found that in March 2017 the number of
patients waiting more than six months for treatment was 126,188 – a rise of
180% in four years. Clare Marx is president of the Royal College of Surgeons of
England.

0730

Polls are suggesting the Conservatives may take votes and
seats off the SNP. Ruth Davidson is Conservative leader in Scotland.

0740

Beethoven was the product of a highly troubled childhood - a
drunken, abusive father, a sick mother and of course the relentless pressure to
perform. A new play explores some of this psychological landscape linking David
Timpson, the actor who plays Beethoven, to music played on stage by the Dante
Quartet. Justin Webb went to hear them rehearse.

0750

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is
withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Laurence Brahm has served as
an adviser to the Chinese government and wrote China's paper on climate change
for Paris. John Ashton served as Special Representative for Climate Change for
three successive UK foreign secretaries.

0810

Nicola Sturgeon is asking voters to back the SNP to keep the
Tories in check. But what proof is there that the SNP will curb any of the
Conservatives’ plans? Sarah Smith is the BBC’s Scotland editor and Nicola
Sturgeon is Scotland first minister and leader of the SNP.

0820

What have the British Museum, the British Library and the
Natural History Museum all got in common? At the heart of each of their
collections, is the life's work of one man, Sir Hans Sloane. James Delbourgo is author of a book on Hans Sloane and Martha
Fleming is research associate on the Reconstructing Sloane project at the
British Museum.